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Popular social messaging app WhatsApp’s new privacy policy starts functioning on May 15 while users will encounter limited functionality on WhatsApp until you accept the privacy policy updates.
WhatsApp has clarified that no account will be deleted for not accepting the updated policy.
For those who choose not to accept the company’s updated terms, the app will continue to show a notification asking to accept. After a period of several weeks, the users will see a persistent reminder.
At some point, users will encounter limited functionality on WhatsApp until they accept the updates, according to WhatsApp’s FAQ page. “You won’t be able to access your chat list, but you can still answer the incoming phone and video calls After a few weeks of limited functionality, you won’t be able to receive incoming calls or notifications and WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to your phone.”
According to WABetaInfo,: your account won’t be deleted on May 15th, and you don’t lose your current chat history and backup, but you will be limited to use some WhatsApp features. You can still answer incoming voice and video calls, and reply to messages from notifications (you can only send text messages) in the first few weeks, but you cannot open the chat list because there is the reminder about the Terms of Service.
There are other features you won’t be able to use, if you don’t accept the Terms of Service:
You won’t be able to send new status updates within the application.
It’s not possible to forward messages from a chat to another one.
You cannot manage and use broadcast lists and create new groups, but you can still be added in groups from other people, if your privacy settings allow them to add you, otherwise you cannot accept new invites to groups.
Messaging services are very limited: you cannot quote messages or mention participants in your groups, and you cannot send voice messages, stickers and other type of media within the application.
You won’t be able to back up your chat history, if you have disabled the automatic backup.
You cannot use the service Click To Chat.
You cannot export your chat history.
If you have iOS, you cannot view shared media anymore, if you haven’t previously exported them. On WhatsApp for Android you can still view your media using a File Manager visiting the new path.
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